Forestry

Forest inventory company Terrafact has expanded, opening locations on the Nipissing First Nation near North Bay and in Valdivia, Chile. Terrafact, based in Sault Ste.

Jim Blight, general manager of Domtar 's Dryden pulp operation, received the Mill Manager of the Year Award at the Paper Week Canada industry conference in Montreal, Feb. 21.

Canada's forest industry is shaking itself free of a decade-long funk that resulted in waves of mill closures and layoffs.

J.L. Richards architect Jeff Laberge will tell you that designing a building that is structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sustainable comes with its own rewards.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is still aiming for a spring startup date to roll out a new Crown forest agency on the north shore of Lake Superior.

The Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) has ruled the town of Espanola must pay paper mill Domtar more than $4 million, following a recent property reassessment.

When news leaked out in mid-January that the mothballed Kenora Forest Products stud mill would be back operating by summer, it didn't take long for mill manager Rod McKay to be inundated with job queries. “The phone has been ringing off the wall.

Montreal's Eacom Timber Corporation has entered into an agreement with USNR Kockums Cancar Inc. to rebuild its fire-damaged Timmins mill.

Within a day of being awarded a provincial wood pellet supply agreement, Thunder Bay' s Ed Fukushima was on the phone negotiating with a manufacturer of pellet press dies.

The Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities Partnership ( NOSCP ) and Algoma University 's Nordik Institute will be hosting a conference in Sault Ste. Marie early next year to advance the concept of community-based forest management across Canada.